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Litchfield County, Connecticut

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 174 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Norfolk, Torrington, New Milford.

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Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

94 of 174 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

174 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alldis, James, HouseTorringtonBuilding1982
American Legion Forest CCC ShelterBarkhamstedBuilding1986
Anderson, Leroy, HouseWoodburyBuilding2012
Bacon, Jabez, HouseWoodburyBuilding1971
Baldwin, Amos, HouseNorfolkBuilding2016
Barkhamsted Center Historic DistrictBarkhamstedDistrict1999
Beardsley, Capt. Philo, HouseKentBuilding1979
Beaver Meadow Complex Prehistoric Archeological DistrictBarkhamstedDistrict1988
Beckley FurnaceCanaanStructure1978
Bellamy, Joseph, HouseBethlehemBuilding1982
Benedict, Francis Jr., HouseNorfolkBuilding2002
Bethlehem Green Historic DistrictBethlehemDistrict1982
Bissell, Henry B., HouseLitchfieldBuilding1990
Boardman's BridgeNew MilfordStructure1976
Braman CampNorfolkBuilding1982
Bridge #2305SalisburyStructure2007
Bridge No. 560CornwallStructure2004
Bridgewater Center Historic DistrictBridgewaterDistrict2000
Brooks, Hervey, Pottery Shop and Kiln SiteGoshenSite1993
Bryan, Roderick, HouseWatertownBuilding2000
Bull's BridgeKentStructure1972
Bull, Capt. William, TavernLitchfieldBuilding1983
Burlington-Harmony Hill Roads Historic DistrictHarwintonDistrict1996
Burrall-Belden HouseCanaanBuilding2018
Calhoun-Ives Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1995
Camp, Moses, HouseWinstedBuilding1984
Canaan Pine Grove Association Camp MeetingCanaanDistrict2021
Canaan Village Historic DistrictNorth CanaanDistrict1990
Catlin, J. Howard, HouseLitchfieldBuilding1993
Chapin, Philip, HouseNew HartfordBuilding1977
Childs, Starling, CampNorfolkBuilding1982
Coffing, John C., HouseSalisburyBuilding1990
Colebrook Center Historic DistrictColebrookDistrict1991
Colebrook StoreColebrookBuilding1976
Cornwall Bridge Railroad StationCornwallBuilding1972
Cream Hill Agricultural SchoolWest CornwallBuilding1976
Cream Hill ShelterSharonBuilding1986
Downtown Torrington Historic DistrictTorringtonDistrict1988
East Plymouth Historic DistrictPlymouthDistrict1985
EsperanzaNew HartfordBuilding2002
Ezekial Beardsley-David Hare House and StudioRoxburyBuilding2025
Falls Village DistrictCanaanDistrict1979
Farnum HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Flanders Historic DistrictKentDistrict1979
Forbes, Samuel, HomesteadEast CanaanBuilding1992
Foster, Stephen and Helen, HouseCornwallBuilding2017
Fyler-Hotchkiss EstateTorringtonBuilding1987
Gay, Ebenezer, HouseSharonBuilding1979
Gilbert Clock FactoryWinchesterBuilding1984
Gillette's Grist MillTorringtonBuilding1977
Glebe HouseWoodburyBuilding1971
Goshen Historic DistrictGoshenDistrict1982
Gould HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Gov. Smith HomesteadSharonBuilding1982
Halpine, J. S., Tobacco WarehouseNew MilfordBuilding1982
Harry O. Erikson Pavilion HallWashingtonBuilding2022
Haystack Mountain TowerNorfolkStructure1993
HillsideNorfolkBuilding1982
Hine-Buckingham FarmsNew MilfordBuilding2004
Holabird HouseCanaanBuilding1982
Hollister, Homestead, TheWashingtonBuilding2010
Hose and Hook and Ladder Truck BuildingThomastonBuilding1982
Hotchkissville Historic DistrictWoodburyDistrict1996
Housatonic Railroad StationNew MilfordBuilding1984
Kent Iron FurnaceKentStructure1977
Lakeville Historic DistrictSalisburyDistrict1996
Lakeville ManorLakevilleBuilding2014
Lawrence, Isaac, HouseCanaanBuilding1983
Lime Rock Historic DistrictSalisburyDistrict1984
Lime Rock Park Race TrackSalisburyDistrict2009
Litchfield Historic District NHLLitchfieldDistrict1968
Litchfield Historic DistrictLitchfieldDistrict1978
Litchfield-South Roads Historic DistrictHarwintonDistrict1996
Lover's Leap BridgeNew MilfordStructure1976
Low HouseNorfolkBuilding1984
Martin, Caleb, HouseBethlehemBuilding1996
Mead CampNorfolkBuilding1982
Merritt Beach & Son BuildingNew MilfordBuilding1992
Merryall Union Evangelical Society ChapelNew MilfordBuilding1986
Merwinsville HotelGaylordsvilleBuilding1977
Migeon Avenue Historic DistrictTorringtonDistrict2002
Milton Center Historic DistrictMiltonDistrict1986
Minortown Road BridgeWoodburyStructure2001
Moore Jr., William, HouseBarkhamstedBuilding1999
Moseley House-FarmNorfolkBuilding1984
Moss HillNorfolkBuilding1982
Mount Riga Ironworks SiteSalisburySite1994
Mount Tom TowerWoodvilleStructure1993
Mulville HouseNorfolkBuilding1984
Music MountainCanaanBuilding1987
New Milford Center Historic DistrictNew MilfordDistrict1986
New Preston Hill Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1985
Noble HouseNorfolkBuilding1984
Noble, John Glover, HouseNew MilfordBuilding1977
Norfolk Country Club HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Norfolk Downs ShelterNorfolkBuilding1984
Norfolk Historic DistrictNorfolkDistrict1979
Northfield Knife Company SiteLitchfieldSite1997
Old Riverton InnBarkhamstedBuilding1992
Pardee, James, HouseSharonBuilding2003
Paugnut Forest Administration BuildingTorringtonBuilding1986
Peoples Forest MuseumBarkhamstedBuilding1986
Phelps Farms Historic DistrictColebrookDistrict1983
Phelps, Arah, InnNorth ColebrookBuilding1971
Pine Meadow Historic DistrictNew HartfordDistrict1996
Plymouth Center Historic DistrictPlymouthDistrict1999
Plymouth Center Historic District (Boundary Increase)PlymouthBuilding2000
Rectory and Church of the Immaculate ConceptionNorfolkBuilding1982
Red Mountain ShelterCornwallBuilding1986
Reeve, Tapping, House and Law School NHLLitchfieldBuilding1966
Reynolds BridgeThomastonStructure2004
Riverton Historic DistrictRivertonDistrict2007
Rock HallColebrookBuilding2010
Rockwell HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Rockwell, Solomon, HouseWinstedBuilding1977
Roxbury CenterRoxburyDistrict1983
Roxbury Iron Mine and Furnace ComplexRoxburySite1979
Rumsey HallCornwallBuilding1990
Rye HouseLitchfieldDistrict2000
Salisbury Center Historic DistrictSalisburyDistrict1997
Sanford, Frederick S., HouseBridgewaterBuilding1989
Schoverling, Carl F., Tobacco WarehouseNew MilfordBuilding1982
Scoville Memorial LibrarySalisburyBuilding1982
Scoville PowerhouseSalisburyBuilding1984
Sedgwick, Maj. Gen. John, HouseCornwallBuilding1992
Sharon Historic DistrictSharonDistrict1993
Sharon Valley Historic DistrictSharonDistrict1982
Shepard, John, HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Sherman, David, HouseWoodburyBuilding2002
Skee's DinerTorringtonBuilding2002
Skilton Road BridgeWatertownStructure1991
Skinner, Jason, HouseHarwintonBuilding1985
South Canaan Congregational ChurchCanaanBuilding1983
South SchoolTorringtonBuilding1986
Sports BuildingNorfolkBuilding1984
St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchWashingtonBuilding1994
Steward's House, Foreign Mission School NHLCornwallBuilding2016
Stoeckel, Robbins, HouseNorfolkBuilding1982
Sun TerraceNew HartfordBuilding1978
Sunny Ridge Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1995
Tamarack Lodge BungalowNorfolkBuilding1977
Terryville WaterwheelPlymouthStructure2002
Thomaston Opera HouseThomastonBuilding1972
Thumb, Tom, HouseNorfolkBuilding1984
TopsmeadLitchfieldBuilding1993
Torringford Street Historic DistrictTorringtonDistrict1991
Torrington Fire Department HeadquartersTorringtonBuilding1987
Town Hall and District School No. 6MorrisBuilding1987
Trinity ChurchMiltonBuilding1976
Trinity ChurchThomastonBuilding1984
Union Church/St. Paul's ChurchRivertonBuilding1985
Union DepotNorth CanaanBuilding1972
United Bank BuildingNew MilfordBuilding1982
Villa FriuliTorringtonBuilding1991
Warner TheatreTorringtonBuilding1984
Warren Congregational ChurchWarrenBuilding1991
Warrenton Woolen MillTorringtonBuilding1987
Washington Green Historic DistrictWashingtonDistrict1995
Water Street Historic DistrictTorringtonDistrict2003
Watertown Center Historic DistrictWatertownDistrict2001
Welch, David, HouseMiltonBuilding1984
West Cornwall BridgeWest CornwallStructure1975
West End Commercial DistrictWinstedBuilding1990
West Goshen Historic DistrictGoshenDistrict1987
Wildman, E. A., & Co. Tobacco WarehouseNew MilfordBuilding1988
Winchester Soldiers' MonumentWinchesterStructure1984
Winsted Green Historic DistrictWinstedDistrict1977
Winsted Green National Register Historic District (Boundary Increase)WinstedDistrict1982
Winsted Hosiery MillWinstedBuilding1985
Winsted Water WorksWinchesterDistrict2020
Wolcott, Oliver, House NHLLitchfieldBuilding1971
Woodbury Historic District No. 1WoodburyDistrict1971
Woodbury Historic District No. 2WoodburyDistrict1972
World War I MemorialNorfolkObject1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

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